Psalm 31

¹In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

²Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.

³For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.

⁴Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.

⁵Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, [thou] God of truth.

⁶I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.

⁷I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,

⁸And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.

⁹Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.

¹¹More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.

¹²I am forgotten in [their] heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.

¹³For I have heard the slander of many — terror on every side — when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.